Joint-bodied carbiacke



A. H.1IILES 1 Running-Gear.

Patented May 15. 1855 TEDSTA H. NILES, OF GEORGETOWN, NEW YORK.

Tojall whom itwtag concern:

j Be it known that I; A. NILES, of the tovvnof Georgetown in the county of Madison andState of New York, have invented Ian Improvement inJoint Bodied Buggy-- Wagons and LightMOarriages; and I do hereby declare that' the followingis a full and exact description theref,"referenoe be- Myinvention bodied carriage) is an improvement on a singleoint-bodied carriage invented by ring had to the accompanying model and drawings and: thewletters of reference marked thereon, 1 j; a a a a (knownfias the double j oint- James C. Spencer and patented as a new f and useful improvement in carriages May e To enable others skilledintheart to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describeits constructionjand operation, and to a show the nature and extent of my improvement. I construct the sides not the box or body of my carriage; (lettersA and B, of

n j model and drawings) of wronght, common 2s to the above named Spencers carriage, or

cast, or malleable cast iron, in form similar any other known form of carriages. In addition to Spencers jointin the center, un-

[der theseat, I construct a second jointand spring (letters C D).

an inverted halt'elliptic steel spring fitted to the bottom or sill of the box and under the said joint O, attached at each end through slots by bolts or otherwise. The efiect ofthis'additional joint and spring is The spring D a is PATENT OFFICE.

JOINT-BODIED CARRIAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent no. 12,869, dated May 15, 1855.

to add to the ease and comfort of the carriage and to obviate the danger of its being broken by violent jolts or too heavy load .ing,-.as- I makethis joint at the point where carriages of this character have been heretofore known to be most liable to break. Another advantage whichI claim for this additional joint and spring is that by it I am able to make the pieces comprising the sides of my carriage body shorter, thereby enabling me to make use of malleable iron castings which with the same weight of iron adds more than double to the strength of the carriagethere being I believe no malleable iron foundry in the United States capable of furnishing malleable iron castings of suflicient length to construct a carriage 7 a fter the model or pattern of any carriages, of this character heretofore known.

I make my carriagesboth with and without areach but whenever I do add a reach,

it is some one of the known forms of spring ALEXDB. HAMILTON NILES.

Witnesses LYMAN TERRY,

M; A. WATROUS. 

